Glamis wash 4 rv fire

[69hondo]

Someone holiday starting out horrible.
Pic from Glamis dunes Facebook page.
I hope everyone got out ok.
Any members out there yet?

 

[bonesfab]

That sucks. How far is the nearest fire station?? Not to mention is there enough water on hand?

 

[RVRKID]

That's horrible, I wonder how many more are going to go..

 

[HB2Havasu]

Ghost Camp fires are the worst

 

[Justsomeguy]

That sucks big time

 

[RVRKID]

Damn

 

[81Sprint]

Those older Weekend Warrior wood frames go up like matchsticks

 

[FENDERFAB]

 

[69hondo]

That sucks. How far is the nearest fire station?? Not to mention is there enough water on hand?

Far. At least 30 minutes. They may have something at diners edge storage areas but I doubt it

 

[Orange Juice]

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Lots of fuel around. Can’t be careless.

 

[Boat 405]

How many collateral damage trailers I wonder? Single trailer fire looks like it could wipe out several others

 

[Racey]

Gotta watch that bacon grease when cookin in the RV

 

[FENDERFAB]

How many collateral damage trailers I wonder? Single trailer fire looks like it could wipe out several others

atleast 2 trailers fully burned. The other 2 may have smoke/heat damage. Especially the white warrior behind.

I noticed these guys have TONS of solar panels onthe ground. Could be a battery related fire

 

[RVRKID]

Can't believe they didn't back that pusher up unless they aren't there yet.. That will smell forever..

 

[Orange Juice]

Those older Weekend Warrior wood frames go up like matchsticks

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It’s all about reducing weight. They are designed for a maximum of 30 years, if stored correctly. Many of them end up in outside storage, unwinterized, repeated heavy snow loads on the roof, etc…

 

[Boat 405]

Absolutely nothing to be done beside let it burn. Such a bummer, you know each of them had a car, buggy or SXS inside the trailer too

 

[Boat 405]

Can't believe they didn't back that pusher up unless they aren't there yet.. That will smell forever..

I'm sure they were not there. I think I'd at least try to disconnect the stacker and pull it backwards

 

[77charger]

How many collateral damage trailers I wonder? Single trailer fire looks like it could wipe out several others

It it was say Saturday or other holiday weekend on Friday or sat I agree people literally park on top of each other and no room to drive out.

 

[mbrown2]

Crazy that people just leave shit out there (Ghost) unattended.... I would not sleep easy at night... crazy.

 

[RVRKID]

Glamis​

Ashley Fisk · 7m ·

https://www.facebook.com/#
Wash 4.
Were able to get 3 trailers and moho moved
No trucks were at the camp
Solar trailer caught fire taking 2 other trailers with It.
Took over 40 min for fire truck to arrive.
Shout out to everyone who help move what they could to salvage as much as possible.

 

[DWRAT]

Lithium batteries I bet.
Sucks to see this, I was a huge WW fan.

 

[rivermobster]

Solar trailer. Ugh.

 

[Surformoto]

That camp was there empty the weekend before Christmas.

 

[Surformoto]

That camp was there empty the weekend before Christmas.

Here is there camp lit up at night behind our camp. There was zero activity other than seeing 1 SXS parked but it never moved

 

[Socalx09]

Solar trailer. Ugh.

It seems a little excessive. I’ve never seen something like that out there.

 

[Boat 405]

Bet they won't do that again anytime soon.

 

[FENDERFAB]

It seems a little excessive. I’ve never seen something like that out there.

If you look at the drone pics I posted earlier above they have TWO solar trailers. One burned and the other one is inside the camp.

 

[CLCookie]

Sorry, I am not sympathetic to this, I could never leave $100k rigs (and more) parked out there for 5 months. Tired of people that think they can do whatever they want out there and leave their stuff unattended for months at a time. And to take it a step further, ghost camping in the washes?? This is just being lazy. Tons of room park.

 

[rivermobster]

It seems a little excessive. I’ve never seen something like that out there.

Solar trailers are definitely a thing...

My friend and client Doug, who we just lost to cancer, was an Expert on building them. In fact, Boardmanville Trading Post is powered completely by a system that Doug built for them.

The old noisy diesel generator is only for back up power now.

The problem is...

To build em correctly is EXPENSIVE! He would constantly have people tell him, "your nuts, I can get the same thing for half of your price!".

So maybe this is one of those half price builds, he was (not) competing with?

His system at Boardmanville, has been up and running for years.

RIP Doug. You are missed.

 

[Willie B]

… Pretty easy to screw up when building a solar system… gotta have a charge controller, for sure…but some people undersize on the wiring, which could heat up.and cause a fire… I got lucky I got hooked up with a German electronics engineer, who sold me all my panels my battery bank …charge controller …inverter and he guided me through the building process… Wire sized correctly… It lasted me 21 years till a forest fire came through and burnt it all to a crisp…

… a friend of mine who had a solar installation company could not believe how Inexpensively I had built mine for…

… the engineer who I bought all my parts from… Would wait till he had a group of people together to cut down on material costs…
… he later sold me a blem 110 W solar panel really cheap… Which is still on the roof of my Lance camper…

 

[SkyDirtWaterguy]

That pic reminds me of why I don’t miss Glamis that much. Ghost campers and miles of yellow caution tape saving acres of real estate that don’t belong to you!

 

[4Waters]

That pic reminds me of why I don’t miss Glamis that much. Ghost campers and miles of yellow caution tape saving acres of real estate that doesn’t belong to you!

What yellow tape

 

[SkyDirtWaterguy]

What yellow tape

 

[Socalx09]

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On new years, one camp took almost half the wash and none of their crew showed up for 5 days. It was insane.

 

[TPC]

On new years, one camp took almost half the wash and none of their crew showed up for 5 days. It was insane.

Ghost Camps.

 

[4Waters]

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Nobody's there, what yellow tape

 

[SkyDirtWaterguy]

Nobody's there, what yellow tape

lol exactly my point! I don’t know if yer being funny or don’t know what I’m talking about? Glamis peeps see and know what I’m talking about.

 

[4Waters]

lol exactly my point! I don’t know if yer being funny or don’t know what I’m talking about? Glamis peeps see and know what I’m talking about.

They show up, tape it off and leave to return with their RV's days later, take it down and throw it away, tell them you don't know what they're talking about, there was no yellow tape there when you got there.

 

[NicPaus]

They show up, tape it off and leave to return with their RV's days later, take it down and throw it away, tell them you don't know what they're talking about, there was no yellow tape there when you got there.

There is usually 1 or 2 there that put up the tape. Waiting for there crew. You take it down and a fight ensues.

Kinda goes both ways. I have been camped in the washes and woke up to a group camped 20' away with the whole other half the wash wide open.

 

[SkyDirtWaterguy]

They show up, tape it off and leave to return with their RV's days later, take it down and throw it away, tell them you don't know what they're talking about, there was no yellow tape there when you got there.

EXACTLY

 

[Riley1]

Nobody's there, what yellow tape

Until the hostile group of people who put it up decide to confront you. Then you choose to either back down, or 1 goes to the morgue and the other to jail.

 

[4Waters]

Until the hostile group of people who put it up decide to confront you. Then you choose to either back down, or 1 goes to the morgue and the other to jail.

It wasn't there

 

[4Waters]

There is usually 1 or 2 there that put up the tape. Waiting for there crew. You take it down and a fight ensues.

Kinda goes both ways. I have been camped in the washes and woke up to a group camped 20' away with the whole other half the wash wide open.

Oh, so there are people there, a little different

 

[4Waters]

This is why I don't have a sandcar or go to havasu

 

[Good Stuff]

Glamis​

Ashley Fisk · 7m ·

https://www.facebook.com/#
Wash 4.
Were able to get 3 trailers and moho moved
No trucks were at the camp
Solar trailer caught fire taking 2 other trailers with It.
Took over 40 min for fire truck to arrive.
Shout out to everyone who help move what they could to salvage as much as possible.

Solar trailer looked like it wasn’t on fire in your picture of it.

EDIT** picture you posted. No idea if you took it or just shared it.

 

[Ziggy]

I used the yellow tape in G but only after I set up camp and put it up to protect my site from people running through/into my camper. I always camped near trees & bushes so there were plenty cutting between them.

 

[Socalx09]

We use cones, but everyone is usually at camp by day 2. And, then use it to prevent randoms from coming into camp.

 

[77charger]

Buy a Dj speaker and mention discount code washes and they throw in a roll of caution tape and and a flash drive loaded with banda music.

 

[JB in so cal]

Sounds relaxing...

 

[Gelcoater]

This is why I don't have a sandcar or go to havasu

This is why I don’t camp in the washes